Raymond Honeycutt's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Raymond Honeycutt has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Tennessee Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Except in the case of incest, life of the mother is in peril, or rape. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| The wealthy caused this problem and they can pay more taxes. I support bringing back jobs to the U.S. which will help mitigate the deficit. We need to stop giving money to every country in the world, even our enemies, giving money to China to help them have abortions and subsidizing the cost of medicine in Europe so that they can buy drugs cheaper than we can. Everyone pays their own way. Reform military purchases of goods and services. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Indirect campaign contributions has caused all the problems we see in politics today. We need to elect a Supreme Court Justice who will reverse allowing lobbyists and super pacs access to candidates and elected politicians. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| Yes | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Seller should be 5 years and users should be forced to get treatment and go on probation. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| I want to get rid of the regulatory agencies that inhibit economic growth. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| Schools have been ruined by federal government oversight and regulation. I will support getting rid of the U.S. Dept of Education and returning responsibility for the school systems to the local communities. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| Enforce laws on the books. More laws don't necessarily mean a better environment. There is not enough enforcement. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| We need to switch to more green fuels such as solar, wind, hydrogen, and other environmentally friendly plant based fuels. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Guns don't kill people, people who pull the trigger do. That is why we don't lock up guns in prisons. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| This is a violation of economic law forcing people to do something they don't want to do. It's an abbaration. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| And all who didn't go through the proper channels must go back too. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| Most countries hostile to us would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons on us or other enemies of theirs. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| But they must be protected from Wall Street by making Wall Street subject to fiduciary standards just like the banks. It forces them to act as a prudent man would in representing and handling their customers' money. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland Security | ||
| g) International aid | |||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Slightly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| l) Other or expanded categories | |||
| 1. Return all jobs, 2. Send illegals back home. 3. Get rid of Obama Care. 1. This would not cost anything, instead, would return prosperity. 2. Would save money because we would not have to provide medical services, support them with welfare and 3. would save small businesses a lot of money. We would be huge beneficiaries regarding these changes. |
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